El Cajon resident Corey Loftin, 23, was arrested last April

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Corey Loftin, 23, plead guilty Thursday to several charges of child exploitation and receiving/distributing child pornography. He formerly worked as a child caregiver in El Cajon.

Former child caregiver Corey Loftin, 23, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to multiple charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Laura. E. Duffy.

According to the plea agreement, between 2008 and April 29, 2011, Loftin used a computer to communicate via video with two female minors who lived in Pennsylvania and tried to persuade them to engage in sexually explicit conduct. The young girls were both born in 2001.

Loftin also admitted to using a cell phone camera to take upskirt photos of two minor females at a preschool in San Diego County where he worked.

El Cajon Child Caregiver Faces Child Porn Charges

A criminal complaint alleges starting in November 2009 until last month, El Cajon resident Corey Loftin received images of young girls enaged in lewd conduct and several times, Loftin chatted online with a man in Pennsylvania, who sent Loftin live images as he molested the girls. Mari Payton reports, Loften worked as a child care giver.